Listening to Things: The Fellowship of the Ring original score by Howard Shore

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ringby Howard Shore I couldn't begin to guess at how many times I've listened to this music. The soundtrack came out a few weeks before the movie did, and you can bet that I bought the CD as soon as I could. There were four promotional … Continue reading Listening to Things: The Fellowship of the Ring original score by Howard Shore

Listening to Things: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon original score by Tan Dun

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon original score composed and conducted by Tan DunShanghai Symphony Orchestra, feat. Yo-Yo Ma, cello Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) was one of a trio of wuxia films I watched repeatedly after college, the other two being Zhang Yimou's Hero (2002) and House of Flying Daggers (2004). Hero is my favorite of … Continue reading Listening to Things: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon original score by Tan Dun